All 4 Uses of
edify
in
Middlemarch
- Among the sights of Europe, that of Rome has ever been held one of the most striking and in some respects edifying.†
Chpt 2 *
- When she made remarks to this edifying effect, she had a firm little frown on her brow, which yet did not hinder her face from looking benevolent, and her words which came forth like a procession were uttered in a fervid agreeable contralto.†
Chpt 3
- He had been used every day to taste the flavor of supremacy and the tribute of complete deference: and the certainty that he was watched or measured with a hidden suspicion of his having some discreditable secret, made his voice totter when he was speaking to edification.†
Chpt 7
- "Selina" received her with a pathetic affectionateness and a disposition to give edifying answers on the commonest topics, which could hardly have reference to an ordinary quarrel of which the most important consequence was a perturbation of Mr. Bulstrode's health.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(edify) to instruct -- morally or intellectually